This one:
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I finally got hold of a box of factory ammo, after waiting about four weeks or so. The ammo is Federal 170 grain. Speer bullets I think.
I took it the range, and with the best of intentions, and the highest of hopes now I had proper ammo - and shot another six inch pattern of a group.
Okay, I have persevered. I have grimly tried. I have been determined. I have been patient. I have been focused. I have brought all of my resources to bear. Then I thought, there is no point being ridiculous, and I decided to sell it to a collector. The kind of person who doesn't shoot his rifles.
Then I thought, I can't bear to do it. I will have another go.
So I came home on my lunch break, I got my drill out, a round head screw and some valve grinding paste, and I gave the crown a 15 second polish. (Obviously some careful consideration and inspection of the muzzle had gone on prior to this, a considered evaluation of how deep and how much was calculated.) The result was a tidy up that you wouldnt know wasn't factory unless I told you.
STraight after work I went to the range.
Putting myself into a state of zen-like contemplation (there were no wild pigs there this time) I carefully shot a five shot group at 100 metres with the same factory Federal ammunition. The result is below:
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That's a two inch group, with four rounds into an inch.
I am quite satisfied, and rather relieved. I can play some more, perhaps with the barrel bands and the pressure with the magazine tube, but really I am at peace about it now. Next step is to get my hands on some proper dies, and do a little bit of load work. But really, I don't think you can ask more of a Winchester 94 than this.
She is going hunting for red stags in April.
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